Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

I've been co-author of an intermediate textbook on international economics for many editions — I think we used stone axes to chisel out the first edition — and we've always included a ch on political economy of trade policy, emphasizing the importance of special interests 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 17, 2020

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Not disagreeing with media organization, btw: with the fate of democracy on the line, even trade specialists have a hard time focusing on other stuff. But this offers an occasion for brief nerdy thread on a problem I'm having with textbook revision 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 17, 2020

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

This chapter includes examples of policies that clearly reduced national income, but were adopted because they served particular well-connected groups. And you'd think it would be easy to update to the Trump era, which is a golden age of crony capitalism 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 17, 2020